Clawed my way back into the top ten on the last race, which is an improvement on last year which is the most important part, so I'm definitely happy with that.

Congratulations to Peter for a well won year! And a big thanks to Pokerman for putting in all the work that allows the rest of us to simply jot down a few names every couple of weeks and know that everything will be sorted in the competition.

Thanks oh so much to pokerman for running the competition. It's more work than he lets on and I truly appreciate it.

Honorable mention to specdecible, who had a great run to a top five finish after lulling us all into a false sense of security with another slow start.

Thanks also to specdecible for starting the competition and shepherding it through the initial seasons. Also thanks to the missing Hulkstrong for taking over and running the competition, and again to pokerman who took over when Hulk could no longer run it. We start with around 70 people in the early races (and finish with close to 40) and keeping track of our guesses, edits and penalties cannot be easy. Thanks so much for putting in all that work.

Another honorable mention to jimmyj who finished ahead of me in the standings.

And a hearty handshake to Spamjet, who did great in his first year, and to Gothnak, who lost focus and got distracted by the whole marriage thing. Hope to see you both next year. I also hope Hulkstrong comes back to us, as I like his spirit.

I guess I am happy with 17th place, things could definitely have gone better, but they also could have gone worse. In the end I had lots of fun, and the competition gives me another reason to look forward to every race.